Masatoshi Toyota

Masatoshi Toyota (豊田 雅俊, Toyota Masatoshi, born October 25, 1976 in Itano, Tokushima) is a retired amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.[1] He represented his nation Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and then finished eighth in the 55-kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Having worked as a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Toyota also served as a member of its wrestling squad under head coach Masakazu Hijikata.

Masatoshi Toyota
Personal information
Full nameMasatoshi Toyota
Nationality Japan
Born (1976-10-25) 25 October 1976
Itano, Tokushima, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
StyleGreco-Roman
ClubTokyo Metropolitan Police
Department
CoachMasakazu Hijikata

Toyota qualified for the Japanese squad in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Earlier in the process, he defeated Russia's Geidar Mamedaliyev in the final match and received a berth from the second Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] He lost his opening match 3–5 to Hungarian wrestler and eventual Olympic champion István Majoros, but wrestled his stretch to score a 10–0 technical fall over Dominican Republic's Jansel Ramírez to close the prelim pool. Placing behind Majoros in the pool and tenth in the final standings, Toyota failed to advance further into the quarterfinals.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masatoshi Toyota". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. Abbott, Gary (13 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. "Toyota, Matsumoto earn Olympic berths". Japan Wrestling. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. "Wrestling: Men's Greco-Roman 55kg". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.


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